Green Street Cemetery in Statesville, North Carolina

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Get directions S. Green Street
Statesville, North Carolina, USA

Coordinates: 35.77857, -80.87951
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The Green Street Cemetery (also known as Greenwood, Union Grove Cemetery, and colored cemetery according to death certificates) is the oldest public burying ground for African Americans in Statesville, North Carolina. In 2022, the Iredell County Public Library received $20,000 in grant funds to conduct a ground-penetrating radar survey at the site. Omega Mapping Services discovered 2,067 unmarked graves and 157 graves with markers (2,224 total). With extensive research, local history librarians and volunteers have learned the names of approximately 1,461 people who are believed to be buried here based on death certificates, the WPA survey from 1939, and death notices in local newspapers. There are many more who are buried here who will remained unnamed due to lack of documentation, but this cemetery serves as the heart of this community and the history is being preserved and shared.